(And yeah, the published/unpublished split is indeed wacky, particularly with the added twist of "published with/without copyright notice" or "was the copyright renewed?" One of my favourite novels was published with notice in 1938, but the copyright was never renewed, so it's now in the public domain; I have been wanting to turn it into a graphic novel for the last eight years or so.)
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(And yeah, the published/unpublished split is indeed wacky, particularly with the added twist of "published with/without copyright notice" or "was the copyright renewed?" One of my favourite novels was published with notice in 1938, but the copyright was never renewed, so it's now in the public domain; I have been wanting to turn it into a graphic novel for the last eight years or so.)